Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-01-13
A Million for missions for 1887.
BY COLLECTIONS ONLY.

An early episode in tho Oogole Mis-.
sion hss al important bearing upon an
important question for ali India and
this world. when Mr.. Clough, theI
% missionary, csme Lo this new Rtati6p,
hs WAS ct once waited upon by cit y me
OF the higher castes, who expressed
their gratitude at his arrival, and prom
ised him every needed support They
were true To their word, immediately
placing under bis instr uction 81 OF their
sons, and.furnisbing all funds required
TO carry on his school enterprise No
restrictions were placed ON his religious
teaching, and his heart was full OF re
joicipg at the lsrse doors OF usefuiness
opened before him. Other missions had
established high .cakte schools 10 o,her
psrts of India. which had been well at
tended, bnt never had be heard Of such
a Spontaneous, cordial demand for
Christian education coming from the
his hest ranks OF native society. Thus
most eEcouragingly the months PASSED
on. But one day, unexpectedly, three
men OF low caste presented themselves
| as con verts.
The missiopArs's welcome sent a
chill through the school ard the sristo-
cratic community. An indignant com
i nibtt1 Woitth I'll btAl INV Eh tts " tth
the threa: OF withdrawing all support
III he had apylhip2 more to DO with
lsuGras and PaIiabs. Alter q few weeks,
1.-TWO more of low caste professed con :
J versioa, The crlsis bad come Mr..
lClough vent TO his study for prayer and
thought. and for the same purpose, his
wife retired TO her own room. % God.
was his tearfu, supplication, direct us
in thiB extremity Of our missionp'
Upon his table were n few testaments
sent by the Britlf and Foreign Society
for distribution among the Euraslaus.
He took up one of them, aud 4,
opened OF is own accord, 10 the tiftl
chapter Of | Corinthians, and he read
'Ye see your caliioR, brethren, how
that not many wise men after the
tissb, not many mighty, not many
noble, are calico but God hath chosen
the foolith thugs OF the world to con
found the wise; aud God hath choss Il
the weak things OF the world TO con
found the things which are mighty
: and base things Of the world, and
things v hich are despised, hath God
chosen, yea, aud things which are not
TO bring to nsught thiuas that are; that
no fiesh should glory 10 his presence.
'Ab, yes, 1 see 1t. he said; i have moi
! been building GU Gsd's pisn. 1t mus
! tum bic down, and must begin anew.
During the ADe moments, In the sd
, Joining room, his wife rose from prayer
and taking up one OF those same testa
! a ents from q little pile, also upon bel
stand 1t like wise opened Of It's own &C
. cord, and for the first time probably
sinca II LETT the bindery, 10 the sams
hrst chapter of the first Corinthians
And as coon Ms she read those SAINT
verses she rushed into the study 10 show
, them 10 her husband.
"But did you not know l had beer
. reading them?" he inquired.
"No, indeed"
"And thus Ii cir way " IA made ciea
by this most striking coincidence
Plainly God meant them to build up
4 ward from humble beginnings. no
downward from the rich' and learned
and proud. The next morning, thei
1 otedIent purpose wac announced, AM
, every scholar left, and all the supper
OF the upper classes st on 20 changes
iato bitter hostility RgaiOet them ant
4 sheir mission. But there, as all ts
Christian world knows, Go 7 has sino
!, rnost signally honored work done ac
!. eording 10 His plan. And among til
= so, 600 ChriGtian adbereuts, includtn
i 20, ,OC0 com municant-, there have besl
. more upper ocste conversions than coul'
= have been expected, under The previou
!. xc usive method Of labor
The amount raised for Foreign Mia
siors last ear by tue Wilmin2ten Cor
!. lierenoe was SIT, ,le4 co, an increase owe
r. the preceding year OF 81 .9l5 "a. of th
:. shole amount raissd, the Wilmingto
n District contributed ~ t9l.o0. The sI
n pCrfioDmeut TO the Conference this yea
n is y20, 475 or this amount, Whining
n ton District IL asked for $3.50 q
which will make tine contribution th
r. ) ear nom this District Ssf9 more TIA
a lakt year.
,sl The Iotal church IN IN beTship OF Il
o Whining ton ConieTeI ce Is II S42. II
mem bership of Wilmington Dlstrict
i6777. The contrlOu iOEs 10 Mission
gu this District, was more than oi
d idoliar per mem ber last year.
d. There is 3n active effort being ma
'e by ths preachers CT Wilmington Di
~ tIio.. under the general direction OF /,
Ii Presiding Elder, TO briug the Miseio
ary collection mp to the apportionmen